Spiced crab apples
Yield: 9 Pints
Ingredients:
- 5 lb Crab apples
- 4 1/2 c Apple vinegar (5%)
- 3 3/4 c Water
- 7 1/2 c Sugar
- 4 ts Whole cloves
- 4 Cinnamon sticks
- 6 1/2" cubes ginger root
Instructions:
-(fresh) Yield: About 9 pints Procedure: Remove blossom petals and wash apples but leave stems attached. Puncture the skin of each apple four times with an ice pick or toothpick. Mix vinegar water and sugar and bring to a boil. Add spices tied in a spice bag or cheesecloth. Using a blancher basket or sieve immerse 1/3 of the apples at a time in the boiling vinegar/syrup solution for 2 minutes. Place cooked apples and spice bag in a clean 1- or 2-gallon crock and add hot syrup. Cover and let stand overnight. Remove spice bag drain syrup into a large saucepan and reheat to boiling. Fill pint jars with apples and hot syrup leaving 1/2-inch headspace. Adjust lids and process according to the recommendations in Table 1. Table 1. Recommended process time for Spiced Crab Apples in a boiling-water canner. Style of Pack: Hot. Jar Size: Pints. Process Time at Altitudes of 0 - 1 000 ft: 20 min. 1 001 - 3 000 ft: 25 min. 3 001 - 6 000 ft: 30 min. Above 6 000 ft: 35 min. ======================================================= ===== * USDA Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 539 (rev. 1994) * Meal-Master format courtesy of Karen Mintzias
